The Quimby Manuscripts

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The Quimby Manuscripts

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A landmark collection of 19th-century manuscripts outlining a systematic approach to spiritual and mental healing. Essential reading for students of New Thought, mind-body healing, and religious history, this volume presents Phineas Parkhurst Quimby's original theories on the spiritual nature of disease and the power of the mind to restore health.

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The Quimby Manuscripts, originally composed between 1846 and 1865 by Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, offers a profound exploration of mental and spiritual healing developed in mid-19th century America. These previously inaccessible documents detail Quimby's evolution from a practitioner of mesmerism to a pioneer who established that disease originates in the mind through error or false belief, rather than physical causes alone. Quimby argued that the body is merely matter without inherent intelligence; healing occurs only when the mind is corrected to align with divine wisdom, or 'Science.' The collection challenges the conventional medical and religious views of his era, asserting that priests and physicians often perpetuate sickness through fear and ignorance. Quimby redefined Jesus not as a traditional divine figure, but as a man who overcame religious error to establish a spiritual science accessible to all. He described death not as a fundamental change but as an incidental experience, emphasizing that every phenomenon in the body is first conceived in the mind. The manuscripts reveal Quimby's intuitive diagnostic abilities and his method of 'absent treatment,' where he healed patients at a distance. His writings include biographical sketches, historical accounts of his practice, letters to patients, and extensive theological reflections on the nature of God, Christ, and the soul. Quimby insisted that truth is demonstrable through its fruits in healing and that man is responsible for his acts and thoughts. By exposing the 'old theology' and medical theories that caused suffering, he laid the groundwork for Christian Science. The volume serves as both a historical record and a practical guide, illustrating how correcting false ideas strengthens the truth and restores health. Through these writings, Quimby presents a vision where the 'scientific man'—the true self possessing implicit Truth—is liberated from the bondage of opinion and error.

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• Philosophy
• Self-Help